GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |